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Team captain ... 2011 Inside Lacrosse Preseason Third Team All-American ... Bucknell's career leader in ground balls (192) and faceoff percentage (.595) ... No. 2 on career list in faceoff wins (292) and attempts (491) ... In 2010: Had another terrific season at both the faceoff X and as a short-stick defensive midfielder ... Earned a second straight First Team All-Patriot League citation after ranking second in the nation in faceoff percentage (.617, 129 of 209) ... Led the Patriot League and ranked No. 4 in the nation in ground balls per game (6.92) ... 83 ground balls were second-most in school history, behind his own record ot 98 from 2009 ... Collected 12 ground balls, one shy of his own school record, in a Patriot League Tournament game vs. Army ... Had 10 GBs against both Duke and Towson ... In two games vs. league-champ Army, won 12 of 16 and 16 of 19 faceoffs ... Went 15-for-21 at Penn State ... Scored a goal in 13-9 win over Towson ... Broke career ground ball record in win over Lehigh ... Two-time Patriot League Defensive Player of Week ... In 2009: Made a major transformation as a sophomore, becoming one of the nation's best faceoff men ... Earned First Team All-Patriot League honors ... Won 163 of 282 attempts (.578) ... Ranked No. 6 nationally in faceoff percentage after ranking No. 1 for a time in the middle of the season ... Ranked No. 4 in the nation in ground balls per game (6.53) ... 98 ground balls broke the school record by 16 (Alex Rudis had 82 in 1999) and was the second-highest total in league history ... 163 faceoff wins were also a school record, and the .578 percentage was second-best ... Had a memorable night against Penn State, winning a school-record 20 of 21 at the X while collecting a school-record 13 ground balls ... Won more than half his draws in 11 of 15 games ... Also reached double figures in ground balls with 10 against Colgate in the regular season title-clinching win ... Added two assists against the Raiders ... Scored first career goal in win over Lehigh ... Also had an assist against Ohio State ... Had nine ground balls vs. Army, eight vs. Denver and Ohio State ... Not just a faceoff specialist, also was a regular at short-stick defensive midfield ... Named Patriot League Defensive Player of Week on March 23 ... In 2008: Made the team as a walk-on in the fall and was one of the most improved players in the program by season's end ... Was in the regular short-stick defensive midfield rotation during the last six games of the season ... Played in eight games total, recording 11 ground balls ... Picked up three ground balls against Army in the Patriot League Tournament and three against Colgate in the regular-season finale ... Personal: Parents are Pat and Sue Clarke ... Has three older siblings, Traci, Danny and Kelly ... Father played lacrosse and football at Nichols College ... Brother Danny played lacrosse and football at Bentley ... Born Aug. 19, 1989 in Greenwich, Conn. ... Lettered four times in wrestling and twice each in football and lacrosse at Greenwich High School ... All-state and All-Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference in lacrosse, where he captained the team to a state runner-up finish ... Two-time All-FCIAC champion in wrestling ... Also elected wrestling team captain ... Football team captured state and conference championships ... Majoring in economics ... Member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... Frank Fedorjaka on Clarke: "Jake is doing a terrific job leading as a senior. I could not be happier with his commitment to the team. He is playing his best lacrosse entering his senior year, and he just keeps getting better. He is our best faceoff guy and also our top short-stick defensive midfielder. We are going to be looking at Jake to get our transition game started even more than ever." |
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